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Ingeborg Bullivant decides spontaneously to join a tour to Lucerne and returns engaged Yet her new life as a rural Prussian pastor s wife restricts her as much as her old and when the dashing artist Ingram appears, musing about wondrous Italy, wanderlust tempts her a second time Von Arnim s accomplished and comic novel is based on her own first marriage and life in provIngeborg Bullivant decides spontaneously to join a tour to Lucerne and returns engaged Yet her new life as a rural Prussian pastor s wife restricts her as much as her old and when the dashing artist Ingram appears, musing about wondrous Italy, wanderlust tempts her a second time Von Arnim s accomplished and comic novel is based on her own first marriage and life in provincial Germany at the turn of the century.

The Pastor s Wife Ingeborg Bullivant decides spontaneously to join a tour to Lucerne and returns engaged Yet her new life as a rural Prussian pastor s wife restricts her as much as her old and when the dashing artist I

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I picked this up, probably just because it was cheap but was left wondering why I hadn t heard of Elizabeth von Arnim before.The novel has a deceptively light tone that enables her to talk easily about troubled and difficult marriages this is a book written in the early years of the 20th century as well as a book that drew on her experience of her own marriage.The story is fairly straight forward Young woman, the daughter of a bishop, is proposed to while on holiday and because she can t manage [...]

I ve never read such an apparently mild book that made me so wildly angry Von Arnim is becoming a personal hero Longer review written at a greater distance included in my fall winter roundup on my blog shouldacouldawouldabooks

What a delightful novel Written by Elizabeth von Arnim and published in 1914, the story is that of Ingeborg Bullivant, the second and less obviously attractive daughter of Bishop and Mrs Bullivant in England Ingeborg has been raised by her father to be completely obedient and to be his secretary and assistant, this upbringing rooted not so much in real affection as in Biblical admonitions, although her sanctity, at least as he defines it, defines his affection Ingeborg consequently has learned t [...]

This was my second von Arnim read, and I am rather amazed at this author s ability to confront complex women s issues and still maintain a light touch By that I mean that the heavy issues are not confronted head on, but are wrapped in layers of humor, heady descriptions of nature, and forays into art and literature I find I need time to digest it all after closing the book.In this novel, a young woman goes from the protected and stifling cocoon of her Father s home an English Bishop , to the par [...]

What a roller coaster ride this was I was so surprised at ever turn What utterly perfect and marvelous character development What exquisite changes in points of view This is exactly what I read Elizabeth von Arnim for She makes me smile Sometimes she sort of breaks my heart She never bores me What a fabulously unexpected ending.

I enjoyed Ingeborg s brief escapes Women going quietly about their work might suddenly break out and do surprising things People you take for granted might have an inner life you never imagined von Arnim has a predominantly negative view of men in most of her writing it seems to have been her life experience but it gets tired for me Ingeborg s work to develop her mind through reading, her attempts to break her children out of their mute acceptance of what is, and her sheer joy at seeing Italy we [...]

I believe I am getting to the root of what I love and don t love about Von Arnim s writing I love her autobiographical and first person POV work I love her insights into life, love, and nature I love her optimism and happiness and boundless joy at small pleasures I love that she loves to be alone with her thoughts, and she actually thinks and sees right to the bottom of things.I don t love her third person and omniscient POV work I didn t know exactly why until I read The Pastor s Wife and found [...]

I am puzzled about how to consider this book On the one hand, the main character is over powered by everyone else in the book except her preternaturally good children who utterly creeped me out, innocent as they were , but has, as it were, two moments of happy personal strength and it is strength , one at the beginning and one at the end The rest of the time is a struggle which is hard for the reader to watch The ending is a sort of triumphant tragedy, and I don t know that I will ever know what [...]

I am amazed at the lightness of touch of this book It is witty, sometimes downright hilarious for example the proposal scene and joyful and yet manages to reveal without any preachiness or tut tutting the crushing effect of the inequality that dominated women s lives It s beautifully written I recommend it.

The Pastor s Wife 1914 fiction was a sad commentary on people in the church who haven t a clue what it means to follow Christ Every character was selfish to the core It was terribly hard to like a book in which none of the principle characters have any redeeming qualities.

Oh Ingeborg, how silly and naive can you be Elizabeth Von Arnim writes about charming characters But the funny thing is that her books make try to picture her, the writer, the voice behind her characters I try to imagine which of her flaws, which of her strengths she gives to each of her characters.Only down side for me on this book was some slowness of the plot development, some lack of action that created the need for me to read other books in the meantime Regardless, I was happy to return and [...]

This novel was published in 1914 and is another of the genre examining the stultifying effects of forcing women into a very narrow and defined role A young English woman, raised by her father The Bishop to be nothing than a helpful adjunct and possession of her father, sneaks away on a freedom spree to visit Lucerne when she is supposed to be in London visiting the dentist She meets a German pastor farmer and is swept away by his attentions She resolves to marry him against her father s wishes [...]

This is my third Von Arnim novel, and she seems to have a theme fanciful, lonely young women married to men who care little about them Here Ingeborg is a bishop s daughter, raised in utter oppression, who accidentally becomes engaged to a Prussian pastor If you allow that being ignored is somewhat better than being oppressed, then her life improves when she becomes the pastor s wife.This is equal parts amusing and sad Ingeborg receives love only when she behaves in a certain way, and since she h [...]

The writing sometimes almost reaches the poetic eloquence of a D.H Lawrence maybe this was simply a shining moment historically for English Literature I had to give it five stars because she pulled off a miraculously tragic ending without inspiring utter hopeless agony in the reader Genius trick The characters were so subtle, complicated and interesting how did she do that Especially how Ingram turned slowly from hot sauce to dry rot in such a way as to convince you he had always been a villain, [...]

Well, this book is a mix of serious and ridiculous, so it captures life pretty accurately While wrestling with serious issues regarding women and society, von Arnim lets the ridiculous just shine through so that sometimes I couldn t be sure if I was angry or laughing Poor Ingeborg

At 22 years of age, Ingeborg, finds herself unchaperoned in London with 10 pounds For years she has served as her father, the Bishop s, secretary, and homemaker, in place of her mother who has taken to the couch for years, and chaperone for her younger beautiful sister every hour of her day was scheduled to take care of somebody else s needs When she sees the chance to join a tour group going to Lucerne for 7 days, leaving her with a little money left over, she jumps at the chance Then she acci [...]

Ingeborg, the heroine of the story, was an English bishop s daughter On her first trip alone to London for a dentist appointment, she impulsively booked a trip to Lucerne and somehow came back engaged to a German pastor They got married and Ingeborg was taken to her husband s hometown in K kensee, where she lived in a constant culture shock and misunderstanding This story followed Ingeborg as she try to make best of her life as the Frau Pastor and not losing herself in the process.Starring a you [...]

I am officially a fan of von Arnim This is such a sad story of hope and innocence versus indifference and expectations It seems a tale of old where men and women, husbands and wives, parents and children all behaved differently and all had very specific, black and white roles than what we have today in relationships However, the hurt of indifference and disappointment in people you trust is always the same.

Von Arnim so beautifully captures the human spirit in all its happiness and pain that it feels as fresh as if it were written today This novel is an emotional roller coaster, with dry humor often the result of conflicting social norms or values, yet also the setting of agonizing verbal and physical abuse which felt so real it was almost hard to read Nevertheless, I would read it all again because it was so beautifully written.

I loved the other von Arnim I read a long time ago, so decided to read this and was not unhappy I did, but it is strange Very lighthearted at first even though complaining about lot in life But the thing that really made me distraught was the lack of gumption in Ingeborg s life she makes these huge leaps, though come to think of it, they are all rather spur of the moment, but when it comes to it, she cannot get the gumption to take charge of her life.

I enjoy reading books from this era I found the ending of The Pastor s Wife unsettling Like there should have been to it it was not a satisfactory finish But I did enjoy reading the book It was just not a book one closes with a happy sigh, but a book that leads one to introspection about realties and right and wrong.

I picked this as February s Velvet Ashes Book Club book great themes for women living as ex pats family patterns second culture women figuring out cultural rules loneliness and boredom marriages that weren t the most satisfying For Downton Abbey fans Mosely gave Anna a copy of this book It was hot in 1914

INTERESTINGINTERESTINGI liked this book, probably because I love to read books from writers of this era The plot was good, but would be unrealistic in today s world far too much detail,but very typical of its time.

Good but not my favorite Arnim is very good at pointing out the complexities of human relationships People are complicated and endings are not always happy She gets that Very descriptive writing I liked it a lot but probably won t read it again.